Full Text of SR0366 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Fred Walker Robbins of Edwardsville, who | 4 | | passed away on July 1, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born March 11, 1943 in Martinsville, | 6 | | Virginia, the son of Fred Michael and Mary Walker (Ford) | 7 | | Robbins; on June 5, 1965, he married Stephanie Laird (Malinoff) | 8 | | Robbins; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, He was a professor of English at Southern Illinois | 10 | | University at Edwardsville from 1970 to 2001; while on the | 11 | | faculty, he served as editor of the SIUE literary magazine | 12 | | Sou'wester; he earned his Ph.D in English from the University | 13 | | of Texas at Austin in 1970 and his Bachelor of arts degree from | 14 | | Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1965; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, He was an avid upland game hunter and trout | 16 | | fisherman, and spent much of his free time hunting game birds | 17 | | in Illinois' State parks, with frequent expeditions to | 18 | | Michigan, Mississippi, and elsewhere; he took pride in the 5 | 19 | | Brittanies he raised for bird hunting, especially his first | 20 | | dog, Belle, and his last dog, Vicky; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; and by |
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| 1 | | his brother, Peter Ford Robbins; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Fred Robbins is survived by his wife, Stephanie; | 3 | | his children, Jefferson Robbins and Miranda Robbins; his | 4 | | brother, Cecil Hunt Robbins; and 4 grandchildren; therefore, be | 5 | | it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 8 | | his family and friends, the passing of Fred Robbins; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Fred Robbins as a symbol of our | 12 | | sincere sympathy.
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